Senior IT Auditor Position - Eric M Khelas

ERIC M. KHELAS, CISA

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Multi-lingual certified IT auditor with over four years experience within a Big 4 Public Accounting firm and additional skills in other areas such as telecom, revenue assurance and financial services.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Finance 1995

Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing 1990

The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

EXPERIENCE

TXU Energy (TXUE). Irving, TX Nov 2008 – Jan 2009

SAP IT Auditor – Contract Role

• Identified and defined SAP IT General Controls to be tested during implementation phase of CRM (Customer Relationship Management), IS-U (Utilities) and BI (Business Intelligence) modules on SAP ECC6 platform to replace various existing legacy systems.

• Performed testing of IT General Controls around SAP Basis & Security focusing on areas of logical access, change management and other general controls (backup & recovery, job scheduling & physical access).

• Documented test results and presented audit findings to upper management.

Ernst & Young. Dallas, TX May 2004 – Oct 2008

Senior IT Auditor (TSRS - Technology & Security Risk Services)

• Performed JE CAAT analysis work for financial audit team through use of ACL software.

• Collaborated with other members of the engagement team to plan the engagements and develop work programs timelines, risk assessments, and other planning documents. Interacted with financial audit team to document the business processes dependent on information technology.

• Performed audits for major clients in the following industries: oil & gas, retail, manufacturing and business outsourcing.

• Led engagement teams of 2-3 Staff Auditors during planning, execution and reporting phases of various IT and business process related audits. Was also responsible for detailed review of workpapers prepared by staff.

• Managed the execution of the audit process including opening/closing meetings, execution, drafting and finalizing the audit reports for senior management.

• Performed various SAS70 audits and Webtrust reviews for major clients headquartered in Dallas Ft.Worth area

• Extensive knowledge of COBIT and COSO framework.

• Executed audits for various large clients by performing IT General Controls Reviews and supporting financial audit team for SOX related types of engagements. Areas audited included logical access, change control and other IT General controls (backup & recovery, physical security, job scheduling, monitoring & incident management).

• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley 404, AS 2.0 and 5.0, GAIT Methodology, identified critical IT functionality

areas, applications based on risk and ITGC process risks, and related control objectives.

Contract Assignments May 2000 – Aug 2002

Neiman Marcus Information Services. Irving, TX

Finance / Telecom Auditor

• Performed billing analysis, invoice auditing and monitoring of telecom expenses for all locations.

• Conducted research and analysis to provide management with financial/statistical data and advice for their use

in setting and realizing profit objectives.

MCI/Worldcom. Richardson, TX

Research Analyst

• Researched corporate addresses for creditors in preparation for mass mail-out of court documents, compilation

of schedules using Excel spreadsheets with incremental submissions to Project Leader, special assignments related to Top 100, 200 and 500 vendors.

ACS (Affiliated Computer Services). Dallas, TX

Billing Analyst

• Assisted project managers to resolve issues with circuits, voice and data lines not in database

• Provided monthly accruals to project managers to explain monthly billing variances.

Project Management: Telecom Audit Project (Crawford Insurance Company)

• Prepared provisioning recommendations for the migration of desirable local and long distance (AT&T ONENET) services. Provided analysis of voice & data systems and recommendations for annual cost savings of $1,000,000.

KPMG Consulting. Dallas, TX

Management Analyst (Project Consultant)

Client: Southwestern Bell Long Distance. IT Group. Richardson, TX

• Executed incoming Table Change Requests (TCRs) in areas of Price Plan, Customer Service Management (CSM), Accounts Receivables, Billing and Security using SQL Plus 8 or Telegence LD Online Price Plan Tool.

• Completed LD Telegence Table copies and saved them into production environments using UNIX, SQL and

on-line Price Plan Tool

LANGUAGE SKILLS

French (native speaker), English (fluent), Spanish (conversational)

CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

CISA, Certified Information Systems Auditor, 2009

Member of ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Accounting & Financial systems: Lawson General Ledger, Peoplesoft 7.5

ERP Packages: SAP ECC6, Oracle Financials 11i, JD Edwards

Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2003, UNIX (HP-UX, AIX, Sun Solaris), AS400

Programming languages: PL/SQL, SQL & COBOL

Application softwares: Microsoft Office 2007, SAS, PowerPoint

Databases: Access, Oracle 9i, Sybase, MS SQL Server

Billing applications: AT&T Billing Edge, Kenan Arbor 7&8

Service & Support applications: Peregrine, Lotus Notes 6.5

Data Analytics: ACL version 8.3, E&Y Global Analytics (used for JE CAATs)

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